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Ralph Lauren sole fashion brand included in 2022 women’s advancement in workplace list

Ralph Lauren has been named as one of the 43 companies to make Parity’s 2022 list outlining the best companies for women to advance in. The premium fashion brand was among the likes of Airbnb, Best Buy, Pepsi and The Clorox Company for the platform’s third annual edition of the report. The ParityList, established in 2020, recognises...

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Business|INTERVIEW

Women in Leadership: Isabel May, Chief Customer Experience Officer & Managing Director at Mytheresa

Last year, the Munich-based online fashion retailer Mytheresa expanded its management team from two to five people. Among these newly appointed leaders is Isabel May, chief customer experience officer & managing director at Mytheresa, and the only woman on the leadership team. As part of the new series "Women in Leadership Positions",...

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Business

YNAP among The Times 'Top 50 Employers for Women 2018'

London - Yoox Net-A-Porter Group has been named among the Top 50 Employers for Women 2018 list by The Times, in recognition of its commitment to empowering women and breaking gender equality limitations within the technical sphere. The unranked and alphabetical list acknowledges UK employers which are building gender equality into their core...

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Fashion |OPINION

A call for more women as creative directors

The fashion industry has long been one of the pillars of women's empowerment. It is an industry that is built upon the genius, innovation, consumerism and gravitas of some of the most impressive women in history. While the obvious expectation would be that women would be on top in every aspect of the field from chief executive officers to...

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Fashion

Laurent Dordet: 'Women are the future of Hermes Watches'

The new head of Hermes Watches is hoping a more feminine touch, added with the fashion group's own in-house know-how, will help it navigate through the turbulence rocking the sector. Laurent Dordet, who took the helm of the watch division at the famous Paris fashion house last March, told AFP in an interview he wants to focus even more heavily...

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Retail|STUDY

Women in retail feel 'let down' with workplace well being

Women who work in a retail environment appear to be much more dissatisfied and unhappy with the current state of workplace wellbeing in comparison to their male counterparts, according to a recent research from ICM. Considering that 60 percent of the UK retail workforce consists of women, this state of unhappiness is critical for retailers. The...

Fashion

Fashion not embracing women's figures

According to the Independent, the fashion industry is ignoring the changing shapes of women's bodies, a study has claimed. Designers and manufacturers still insist on making clothes that fit the traditional hourglass figure, when women's shapes are more likely to be top-heavy, rectangular or pear-shaped. The research found that although only 8...